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Happy Limerick Day!

Today Simply Hired is celebrating Limerick Day, in honor of Edward Lear who popularized the humorous poems in English during the 19th century. In honor of the day, here are a few work-related limericks:

There once was a man named Bob
Who wanted to find a new job
But the work he could find
He thought unrefined
And Bob realized he was a job snob!

The man I sat next to at work
Always would drive me berserk
One day the fellow
Put my stapler in Jell-O
And looked at me with a sly smirk
(from Dwight’s perspective on NBC’s The Office)

Do you have a job-related limerick? Send them in!

Mother’s Day Spectacular

Hey all you working mothers out there! Whether you are changing careers or getting back into the workforce, Simply Hired has a lifestyle search filter that caters specifically to you! The Mom-Friendly Companies filter returns open positions at employers on the 100 Best Companies list that Working Mother magazine releases. These companies are named as the best employers for working moms based on the areas of workforce, compensation, child care, flexibility programs, leave policies and more.

There are plenty of open positions at the companies on Working Mother’s list. With the Mom-Friendly filter, you can find for example, Bank of America jobs, Bristol-Myers Squibb jobs, and IBM jobs.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Celebrate Earth Day with Simply Hired

Happy Earth Day everyone! People have been talking lately about ways they can “green” up their lives and make every day their own personal Earth Day. If you haven’t already checked it out, Simply Hired worked with Care2 to bring you the Eco-friendly job search filter that returns jobs from green employers such as Whole Foods Market, HP, and Johnson Controls.

You can find the Eco-friendly search filter at http://www.simplyhired.com/eco, on the special searches page and in the special searches filter on the left side of every search results page.

So get out there and make some green working at green companies!

Find a Job During March Madness

You don’t have to be a sports fanatic to know that March Madness is the highlight of the college hoops season. Even if you don’t have the height, athletic ability or even desire to be a basketball player and experience one of these NCAA tournaments first-hand, there are a surprising number of ways you can be involved and smell the scent of determination, victory and… lots of sweat.

No matter what your strengths, there is probably a way for you to get right into the middle of March Madness. Great amounts of public relations, marketing and advertising efforts go into spreading the word about the tournament to all those eager fans through newspapers, television, radio and Internet. In addition, lots of physical therapists, sports trainers and even massage therapists are needed during practices and game day to keep those athletes in tip-top shape. Various other workers include referees for the games, the sports writers and journalists to write up the game recaps, and the television producers and camera operators who film and broadcast the games for the rest of us. Even accounting is involved with all those ticket sales!

There’s something for everyone during March Madness. You might be only a step away from finding your dream job!

Happy Birthday SimplyHired.com!

It’s hard to believe, but SimplyHired.com is four years old! We’ve accomplished a lot over the past few years, but there is a lot more work to be done to make finding a job a simpler process. We’ve only just begun!

As a comparison, here are a couple of examples of the ways she’s grown. 

Countries served:
2005 - 1 (US)
2009 - 5 (US, Canada, UK, India, Australia)

Lifestyle Searches:
2005 - 0
2009 - 7

Number of blog posts:
2005 - 5
2009 - 240

Apple pies consumed:
2005 - 70
2009 - 14,363

Hamsters powering the site:
2005 - 3
2009 - 54

SimplyHired.com has gone through a number of changes physically as well. You’d hardly recognize her, she’s grown so much over the years!

2005

2009

We like to make changes to the site based on user recommendations. So let us know what we can do to give you a more positive experience on SimplyHired.com, send in stories about how the site's helped you out, or tell us your best job search haiku!

Check out the press release for some more facts about Simply Hired's growth!